Marcia (The Saint TV Series)

Plot
Actresses Marcia Landon kills herself after somebody throws acid in her face. Starlet Claire Avery steps in to replace her, but then she receives a threatening note. It warns that she'll be disfigured unless she leaves £5000 in an envelope on the film set. The Saint must set a trap to find which of the people connected with the picture has caused Marcia's death and is now aiming to harm Claire.

Trivia

 * Mike Sentinal's "Subterfuge" is lensing at Elstree Studios in Boreham Wood - just like this Saint episode, in something of a cost-cutting move.
 * The newsreel footage at the start of "Marcia Landon's" funeral is actually that for Ivor Novello from 1951.

Continuity

 * Claire dries on scene 118 take 8; the set-up then rather oddly resumes with take 9 of scene 124.

Miscellaneous

 * Simon refers to Johnny Newman, who appears as Johnny Desmond in the credits.

Revealing mistakes

 * After the opening paragraphs, Marcia Landon features no further in the article "about" her.

Origin
This episode was adapted from the novella "The Beauty Specialist" from the 1937 book The Ace of Knaves.